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AUSTIN – The gimmick of using money that ostensibly is collected for a specific purpose, like trauma care, to instead balance the budget is under attack again in the Texas Legislature. Lawmakers in 2013 trimmed the amount of so-called general revenue… …

AUSTIN – The public integrity unit, despite being hobbled by former Gov. Rick Perry’s funding veto, is investigating an elected official and 18 lower-level employees or figures on public corruption allegations, the unit’s director said Monday. Th… …

AUSTIN — A panel charged with reviewing Texas government voted Wednesday to recommend the state combine all health and human services programs into one mega-agency and limit the power of Medicaid abuse investigators to pursue less serious cases. The recommendations, if adopted by the Legislature next year, would dramatically change the structure of health and […] …

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst appointed state Sen. Jane Nelson as Finance Committee chairwoman Thursday, elevating a conservative and experienced senator to one of the Legislature’s most powerful positions. Dewhurst noted in a statement that Nelson will be the first woman to chair the budget-writing panel. Nelson, a former teacher and veteran lawmaker from Flower Mound […] …